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[Piotr Piastucki <piastucki@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, Mar 20, 2013 at 11:23 PM, Piotr Piastucki <piastucki@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have a question regarding bzr-eclipse licence.
> Can we change it to EPL as unfortunately EPL and GPL are not compatible?
> The code under EPL should not be included in GPL software unless the
> permission have been received from the owners.
> On the other hand, GPL does allow you to run the plugin in Eclipse as
> the libraries the plugin depends on are licensed under EPL.
> The easiest way to solve the issue seems to change the licence to EPL.
>
> Some references:
> http://www.fsf.org/blogs/licensing/using-the-gpl-for-eclipse-plug-ins
> http://www.eclipse.org/legal/eplfaq.php#USEINANOTHER
> http://www.eclipse.org/legal/eplfaq.php#GPLCOMPATIBLE

I have prepared the following changes in the licencing:
1) bzr-java-lib licence changed to LGPL (lp:~piastucki/bzr-java-lib/license)
2) bzr-eclipse licence changed to EPL (see lp:~piastucki/bzr-eclipse/license)

I think these changes should sort out any potential incompatibilities
between licences.
Please review and let me know if there are any objections.

Cheers,
Piotr